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They are now literally blaming users for using their product as advertised: https://x.com/lydiahallie/status/2039800718371307603 https://x.com/lydiahallie/stat

by troupo 7mo ago

They are now literally blaming users for using their product as advertised: https://x.com/lydiahallie/status/2039800718371307603 https://x.com/lydiahallie/status/2039800718371307603 --- start quote --- Digging into reports, most of the fastest burn came down to a few token-heavy patterns. Some tips: • Sonnet 4.6 is the better default on Pro. Opus burns roughly twice as fast. Switch at session start. • Lower the effort level or turn off extended thinking when you don't need deep reasoning. Switch at session start. • Start fresh instead of resuming large sessions that have been idle ~1h • Cap your context window, long sessions cost more CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_COMPACT_WINDOW=200000 --- end quote --- https://x.com/bcherny/status/2043163965648515234 https://x.com/bcherny/status/2043163965648515234 --- start quote --- We defaulted to medium [reasoning] as a result of user feedback about Claude using too many tokens. When we made the change, we (1) included it in the changelog and (2) showed a dialog when you opened Claude Code so you could choose to opt out. Literally nothing sneaky about it — this was us addressing user feedback in an obvious and explicit way. --- end quote ---

torginus 7mo ago
Off topic, but I found Sonnet useless. It can't do the simplest tasks, like refactoring a method signature consistently across a project or following instructions accurately about what patterns/libraries should be used to solve a problem.
- rhlsthrm 7mo ago
  It's crazy because when Sonnet came out it was heralded as the best thing since sliced bread, and now people are literally saying it's "useless". I wonder if this is our collective expectations increasing or the models are getting worse.
  - troupo 7mo ago
    Probably both :) New models come out with inflated expectations, then they are adjusted/nerfed/limited for whatever reason. Our expectations remain at previous levels. New models come out with once again inflated expectations, but now it's double inflation, because we're still on the previous level of expectations. And so on. I think it's likely to get worse. Providers are running out of training data, and running bigger and bigger models to more and more people is prohibitively expensive. So they will try to keep the hype up while the gains are either very small or non-existent.
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by troupo 7mo ago

torginus 7mo ago

Off topic, but I found Sonnet useless. It can't do the simplest tasks, like refactoring a method signature consistently across a project or following instructions accurately about what patterns/libraries should be used to solve a problem.

rhlsthrm 7mo ago
It's crazy because when Sonnet came out it was heralded as the best thing since sliced bread, and now people are literally saying it's "useless". I wonder if this is our collective expectations increasing or the models are getting worse.
- troupo 7mo ago
  Probably both :) New models come out with inflated expectations, then they are adjusted/nerfed/limited for whatever reason. Our expectations remain at previous levels. New models come out with once again inflated expectations, but now it's double inflation, because we're still on the previous level of expectations. And so on. I think it's likely to get worse. Providers are running out of training data, and running bigger and bigger models to more and more people is prohibitively expensive. So they will try to keep the hype up while the gains are either very small or non-existent.
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rachel_rig 7mo ago

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